Monterey 12.3 Broke The Mini-DV Connection

Updated to 12.4 yesterday and testing the camera (Canon MD205 via FireWire and two adapters) now with mixed results. It works fine with Zoom and OBS. FaceTime can't see the camera at all. PhotoBooth and QuickTime Player can both see the camera, and allow me to select it, but both just show a black screen when it is selected. Out seems that choosing the camera in QuickTime Player or in PhotoBooth then switches something somewhere which means that OBS and Zoom then do not receive images from the camera. I tried using the OBS virtual camera as a workaround, but the Mac apps don't see the virtual camera.

Obviously it is not perfect, but it works for what I need (OBS and Zoom) and I can live without it on the other apps.

I connect the camera's iLink to a firewire 400 to 800 adapter, then to a firewire to thunderbolt 2 adapter and finally to an Apple thunderbolt 2 to thunderbolt 3 adapter and finally into the the thunderbolt 3 port of my Mac Mini M1. I am using iMovie 10.3.2 and still iMovie can't see the camera.

I connected the Mini DV camera (DCR-PC9E) to the firewire port of my MacBook Pro Mid 2010 model. To do this I connected the Sony iLink cable to the 400/800 adapter and opened iMovie 9 and the camera was recognised. When I connect this adapter to the Firewire 800 / Thunderbolt 2 adapter and the the Thunderbolt 2 to Thunderbolt 3 adapter and into the Thunderbolt 3 port of my new Mac mini M1 the camera is not recognised. I have upgraded iMovie to 10.3.3 and my OS is 12.4 Monterey.

I think I need to find another computer with Thunderbolt 3 and iMovie to test the cables.

The old Mac has the latest version of Big Sur with the newest version of iMovie and it works just fine. The same held true for my iMac before “upgrading” to Monterey

Got a laptop running Big Sur, so I could use that if this isn't fixed soon. And it really has to be; this is not some compatibility issue...it's a software bug that has disabled a needed function!

Your only options are reverting to BigSur or waiting for an update that will hopefully resolve the issue. I'm having to use this old slow as **** MacBook as a result and it sucks.

this is the answer for my post above, not 6 pin as listed.

HIGH GRADE - FireWire/ILINK/DV/IEEE 1394 Cable - Works with Mac & PC - Fully Moulded End Connector - AAA Products® (4 pin - 9 pin)

I have updated to 12.5 and my Sony DCR-TRV480 camera is still recognised

Hi Rich,

Thank you for your help.

I am using M1 Mac Mini. After update from 12.2 to 12.3. My DV device was missing.

I have try to do your suggestions. However, no any device at the import can see in Photos or iMovie also.

Ben

Hi Ian

Contacted Support to no avail. They initially mentioned maybe my camera was not on the list of supported cameras but I told them I new it never was but had always worked. The list of supported cameras could almost qualify as fake news as there is no way Apple would have ever tested all the various cameras. I noticed there are more posts with problems like mine. I have followed the suggestions and made reports to Apple as it would appear to be an iOS problem. Not sure if that will result in generating an update but is worth a try. I suspect there will be more post on he is problem in he coming days. Would appreciate it if you could let me know if you ever come across anything related to this problem that might help because my main involvement with the iMac is making movies. May eventually try your suggestions as I get more experienced....Thanks...Bob

I’m having the same problem, no longer able to import DV tape into Final Cut Pro, it worked fine under 12.2.1

i have reported the problem to Apple, let’s hope they fix it, otherwise it’s back to Big Sur !!!

Really appreciated your video identifying the problem with detecting external cameras. I am not a big system user but do use iMovie quite a bit with video footage input vis a Sony Digital Camera. It has worked flawlessly until the Monterey 12.3 update. I have filed a report with Product Feedback-Apple and encouraged others to do so. I have limited experience so reversing back to Big Sur probably not an option for me. Is it likely Apple would fix this as the attached document seems to indicate there is support these cameras? Incidentally there has ben comments to the effect Monterey 12.4 update will not resolve issue? Maybe issue not evident earlier? Thanks again for video.

Another discussion in iMovie under same thread. April 10 post seems to confirm an iOS bug. Hopefully Apple will fix after user Feedback. Doubtful will be fixed with soon to be released 12.4 update as issue surfaced to late?

I'm so ******. I just bought a $300 JVC miniDV deck and $100 in apple adapters to go through hundreds of DV tapes for a project I'm working on.. Guess I'll throw all this **** in the trash and chalk it up as a loss. :)

I was just frustrated after spending 5 hours trying to make the (what should be) simple task of capturing DV footage happen. I have Apple Care so I’m gonna call them tonight and ask them to guide me through the process of reverting to the previous OS.